ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

food and drink

Infected maize

Life

Maize engineered to silence deadly toxins in poisonous mould

Most people on the planet are exposed to aflatoxins from fungi that infect staple crops, but now a GM approach could help change that

News

Dog

Life

Dogs use deception to get what they want from humans (a sausage)

News

Display of cakes and scones with gluten-free label

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

That faddish gluten-free diet may be raising your diabetes risk

Comment

coffee cup

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Good hydrations: Is tea or coffee better for you?

Features

cans

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Good hydrations: Is fruit juice better than soda?

Features

beetroot

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Good hydrations: Are health drinks healthy?

Features

milk

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Good hydrations: Does milk make healthy brains and bones?

Features

pouring water

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Good hydrations: Do I need eight glasses of water a day?

Features

A person stands in front of the counter in a Subway restaurant as the server assembles a sandwich

Humans

Subway chicken row shows faith in food is still a battleground

Comment

Austin cartoon

Humans

Old Scientist: Our best jokes ever (laughter not guaranteed)

From 1950s refectory anecdotes to 21st-century double entendres, New Scientists of Marches past show just how funny we can be

Regulars

Earth

A loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2, mainly from fertiliser

News

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

You should be eating 10 pieces of fruit or veg every day, not 5

News

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Junk food tax and veg subsidies could add 500,000 years of life

News

Earth

Great lettuce crisis is a taste of climate crop chaos to come

Comment

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop